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I'm a conservation biology major at LSU and I work in "the swamp" all the time. There are nutreas, adorable little ducks and raccoons and rabbits, deer that swim from island to island in the Atchafalaya...it can be really beautiful and humbling. You feel so young and tiny and...clean...compared to it all. Haha. :)

If you wear the right waders and don't be stupid, the snakes and alligators leave you alone.

Firstly, because you can't bring the boats we use too close to land. They'll get stuck. We anchor them down a ways away from the little island/sand bar things that we work on. Secondly, because even the "land" is mostly water.

"Don't be stupid" means use your common sense and don't go splashing and jumping around in the deeper water (or sometimes even the suspicious looking shallow water) more than necessary. Don't try and pet anything. Don't touch dead things (there are a lot). Don't get too close to an alligator. Things of that nature. :)

Not all of Louisiana looks like this and actually some bayous are quite beautiful. That's ok though. I'll can keep that treasure to myself. You can go on and keep thinking is a algae infested mosquito farm. As she sits 50 feet from an algae infested mosquito farm.

I guess to some beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But really.. I live next to a bayou with many nice houses along it. It's pretty enchanting sometimes. Give me a nice fall day on the bayou with the cypress trees changing colors any day of the week! The photo to me is dark and dreary, but hey.. to some may be beautiful.

Don't get me wrong I do to! But people like Sir think its the penultimate representation of ugly and distaste for Louisiana. Which is his opinion and has every right to it, but not to a lot of people who love Louisiana and these type of pics!

As a Louisiana resident, I would like to point out that, while I am not offended by this picture, as it is truly beautiful, it is the equivalent of saying "Welcome to Idaho!", accompanied by a picture of a blanket of snow.

A great example of Dissonant Beauty. Amazing scenery that looks so peaceful and natural while at the same time it's still a 'Bog' (Mire, Swamp or however you like). It isn't a place you would go out of your way to travel to visit yet it's state of calm makes you hush. Looking for that ripple that disturbs the water's surface to break the illusion before you.